Currently in the Twin Cities — June 27, 2024: Rain chances return

The weather, currently.

Wednesday was just about a 10/10 day with pleasant temperatures, dew points and a fair amount of sun in what’s been a wet month.

Most of Thursday should be dry but already the next round of rain develops late Thursday night into Friday. It does look like most of us should see well under one inch of rainfall out of this next system.

The weekend still looks dry and cooler than normal with highs just in the low to mid 70s. The next chance at thunder develops late Monday. Overall next week should see less frequent and less heavy rainfall than recent weeks.

— Sven Sundgaard

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.